Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Future Goal

Here is a future goal....

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This one looks hard... mainly cause it is so complex,..
And what medium to use is another question..
I think I should keep it mainly pencil and then some charcoal extractions...
Oh well...when...god knows... but it is a goal!

Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Achievements...

I know this is well over due... so here goes...
I took a bunch of pictures and umm... I hope youll like em!

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You all have already seen this one... but here it it again. This was
my very first drawing in art class...and I am very proud of it!

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Now this is my first still life. I liked a lot when I did it...but as the class went on... I got to learn that
trying to attain perfection not necessarily a good thing. Now to me straight lines seem so boring. A plain simple pencil drawing isnt anything special.... But still... not a bad start...

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Now this is my first still life done using charcoal. And to be honest and straight forward... I really dont like it... I could
possibly use the H word for this drawing... but oh well...

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Here is another still life. The object on the lower right side is another
pot just like the one you can see, but just places sideways. I really liked how I showed the reflective work on that pot. The blurry lines in the back were actually part of the wall in the setting. The blurriness gives it some sort of definition of space. I do not like how I curved the shadow part on the wall... but I think this was the first time I was trying to use this concept.
What it is that,.. when you draw you are not su
pposed to draw actual lines...because in a composition in real life...there are no real lines. You just get a perception of it because there is a change in the positive and the negative space. So what they do is that the background of the lighted side of the composition goes into the shadow.. and the background of the shadow part of the composition looks like it is in the light.
Read that and look at the
picture and you will know what I am talking about... That way you will have a light object and behind it a dark background... so you can transform from positive to negative space without the use of a solid line.
I think its a very interesting conce
pt... and it still gives you a perception that there is a real line there...but its only your eyes playing tricks. However... there are parts in the above pic where you can see the real lines... but most of it is well balanced...

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This is definately my favorite...I cant wait to
put it up on a wall! The picture didnt come out that great...it looks a little blurry... but oh well...
So its another still life...
I absolutely love the tea
pot on bottom right. The little details look wonderful.
On the egg... I liked how I got rid of that line that I talked about earlier... And on that
pot...I love how it stands out. The lines on the charcoal give it that circular look...and I used an eraser over the charcoal to get it... its clearly visible on the top of the pot. Its amazing... I dont think one would ever see an eraser as a medium to draw.
What I dont like in the
pot is that the line is visible on the left side. Getting rid of it was hard... becuase it all depends on the type of paper you use.. And this time the charcoal actually stuck to the paper...
I dont like the dra
pery between the egg and the pot...
It was a cloth
placed on a box... And on a whole I just suck with drapery...
Also notice the slanted downward strokes of charcoal that I used in the background. I think that too makes this
picture what it is..
I LOVE IT! LOL

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This is a small scale
pencil drawing ... And I think it is incomplete...LOL
But I still like it!


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This is what we did to try to understand the human form...
Even though the eyes are crazy and crooked... I think they still look kinda
powerful... Especially the right eye....
(Ste
p back and take a look...!)

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And another one with the eye and the nose...

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This is Edward Ho
pper... A self portrait..
It looks not so good...
LOL


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And finally, this is the
portrait we did in class. It could have definately been better...but I think I like how the face came out...
The human face is so com
plicated...
And you have to follow rules about
poportion..
Again.. many things on the face are decieving...
I think in this one.. right side of her face loooks good by itself and the same for the left side.
You
put em together...and it just doesnt look right...
I didnt do them as 2 different
pieces...but iit does sort of look like I have.
I really like the nose..the eyes are okay...and the li
ps horrible...
The eyes and li
ps gave me a very hard time... But in the end I like what I did...

So there you go... I have been wanting to do this for a while... and I am glad I finally have..

I cant wait to get my hands on some more charcoal and see what I can create!!!